Exam 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor

Perinatal nurses are legally responsible for:

A nurse providing care for a laboring woman understands that amnioinfusion is used to treat:

Which characteristic correctly matches the type of deceleration with its likely cause?

A nurse caring for a woman in labor understands that maternal hypotension can result in:

When electronic fetal monitoring (EFM)made its debut for clinical use in the early 1970s,the expectation was that its use would result in fewer cases of cerebral palsy and be more sensitive than auscultation in predicting fetal compromise.Was this prediction correct?

The nurse caring for a woman in labor understands that prolonged decelerations:

Which fetal heart rate (FHR)finding concerns the nurse during labor?

What three measures should the nurse implement to provide intrauterine resuscitation? Select the best response that indicates the priority of actions that should be taken,starting with the most important.

As a perinatal nurse,you realize that a fetal heart rate (FHR)that is tachycardic,bradycardic,has late decelerations,or loss of variability is nonreassuring and is associated with:

A nurse caring for a laboring woman is cognizant that early decelerations are caused by:

Which deceleration of the fetal heart rate (FHR)does not require the nurse to change the maternal position?

During labor a fetus with an average fetal heart rate (FHR)of 135 beats/min over a 10-minute period is considered to have:

While evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor,the nurse notes that the fetal heart rate (FHR)for five sequential contractions begins to decelerate late in the contraction,with the nadir of the decelerations occurring after the peak of the contraction.The nurse's first priority is to:

The nurse providing care for the laboring woman understands that variable fetal heart rate (FHR)decelerations are caused by:

A number of methods to assist in the assessment of fetal well-being have been developed for use in conjunction with electronic fetal monitoring (EFM).These various technologies assist in supporting interventions for a nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR)pattern when necessary.The labor and delivery nurse should be aware that one of these modalities,fetal oxygen saturation monitoring,includes the use of:

Nurses should be aware that accelerations in the fetal heart rate (FHR):

When assessing the relative advantages of internal electronic fetal monitoring (EFM),nurses should be cognizant of which of the following clients is not an appropriate choice for this type of fetal surveillance:

A normal uterine activity (UA)pattern in labor is characterized by:

A therapy often used in labor to promote relaxation of the uterus is referred to as ____________________.

A nurse might be called on to stimulate the fetal scalp: